By which my friend Eleutherios assures me is the Kabbalistic (and poetic) equivalent of Steve Pavlina’s three principles of personal growth; truth (wisdom), love (beauty) and power (strength). This post has been a long time in coming, and in it I’ll explain why in order for me to move towards truth, love and power, I’ve […]

Earlier this year I had an idea: why not ask personal development bloggers for advice on personal development blogging, compile them into an ebook and give it out for free? I don’t know about you, but that sounds like a swell idea to me Unfortunately, that idea never materialized as I became caught up in […]

In Personal Development for Smart People (see my book review here), Steve Pavlina lists the three core principles of personal development as Truth, Love and Power. When you combine the principles, you get the secondary principles of personal development; Truth combined with Love gives you Oneness, Love and Power combine to give you Courage and […]

There lives an angel and her name is Miguelina. She is one of the most inspirational people I know. Her life is dedicated to serving others through education. She believes that the path out of poverty (including her own); an existence of few choices and few resources, is paved through learning. I would like to […]

The following stress relief tips are simple and practical. They will swiftly ease your stress! Step 1. Become Aware In a relaxed position, with your eyes closed, picture yourself being stressed. In your mindâ€™s eye, go through every stress symptom that you have. Feel yourself being stressed. It is imperative that the visualization is very […]

Stress is a part of most people’s lives. It is a reality that we all live with. This is why we need to have different mechanisms in place for coping with stress. The challenge for most of us is actually being cognizant of when we are stressed. It is such an habitual state for us […]

Steve Pavlina wrote this after having nothing but juice for the last ten days: With each passing day, I can see more clearly how cooked food is used as a drug to create a certain kind of feeling in our bodies. We keep eating it because weâ€™re addicted to it, not because itâ€™s healthy for […]

Many people have asked me why Iâ€™m still a monk after almost 3 years, while initially the plan was to be a monk for just 3 months. In fact, to me monkhood is nothing much, it’s just wearing a different uniform, from Dockers’ pants to saffron robes, or like working in a different firm. Whatâ€™s […]

Warning: Spoilers ahead! Watching Spiderman 3 reveals a part of the Hero’s Journey that is not often seen; the hero’s downfall. If you’re not familiar with the previous steps of the hero’s journey, download my free Hero’s Journey ebook. If you’re familiar with the 10 steps, you’ll know the Spiderman movies are wonderful metaphors for […]

When I was coaching motivational workshops, I saw a lot of people who were ‘workshop junkies'; they’d be landing from workshop to workshop, seemingly learning loads, but never really producing fantastic results in their own lives. While my fellow coaches and I discussed many reasons as to why, lately I realized another elegant way it […]